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The U.S. uses the Panama Canal more than any other country. Control of the canal was transferred from the U.S. to the Central American country in 1999 as a result of a 1979 treaty under President ...
A host of lawmakers took to the Sunday show circuit in the wake of a government spending deal being reached to avoid a shutdown within minutes of the deadline. Ultimately, a shutdown was averted.
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central ...
“The Panama Canal opened for business 110 years ago, and was built at HUGE cost to the United States in lives and treasure,” Trump claimed. Trump threatens to demand ownership of Panama Canal ...
The canal will celebrate 25 years under Panamanian hands, under Panamanian administration, on December 31,” he said, highlighting work, including an expansion project, that Panama has achieved ...
The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometer (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama , and is a conduit for maritime trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino shot back Sunday after President-elect Trump suggested the Panama Canal return to U.S. control. “As president, I want to express clearly that every square ...
U.S. relations with Panama have devolved over the canal before, including in 1964 as protests spread over a failure to raise both countries’ flags at a high school in what was then the U.S.-run ...